How to eliminate threats from sites I have not clicked on?

For the last 10 days or so unsolicited web pages have opened on their own in a new Chrome tab while simultaneously,Webroot pops up with a warning against that particular website reported as being unsafe, i.e. sweetpacks/go2cloud or helpmetop.info. It can happen while I'm simply reading an email, not clicking anything. Running a Webroot scan detects no threats. I have not downloaded any suspicious shareware or the like. Any suggestions?

I'm just wondering if you did a reset with the Chrome browser. Or Maybe an unistall of Chrome and reinstall would help this while you are waiting for Support to contact you. If you want to try that here is the link for Chrome .

Otherwise Thank you for keeping us posted. Really appreciate that for it helps others too.

I think I've pinned down that the uninvited tabs were opening while I was otherwise occupied in Gmail. I've cleared my browsing history, cookies, et al and reset Chrome. Now we wait and see. I'll keep you posted.

This is getting interesting. I've been browsing with FireFox all evening when suddenly Chrome launched itself and opened two tabs of objectionable web sites. I'm going to uninstall and reinstall Chrome while continuing to use FireFox to see if Chrome self-launches again.

After reinstalling Chrome, things have quieted down, but I'm still suspicious that there's an infection lurking. I had one tab pop up appearing to be requesting an update to Flash Player yesterday, and to day another tab popped open asking me to download some media player. They did not trigger a Webroot warning, but I closed out of both without responding.

Usually I will go to Adobe Flasher Player website. But have a look here..As it saids, Adobe Flash Player is directly integrated with Google Chrome and enabled by default. Available updates for Adobe Flash Player are automatically included in Chrome system updates.

EDITED: if you install Adobe Flash Player for another browser ,make sure you un click any add ons. They are usually bundled with PUAs.

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